Topzle Topzle

Airbus A380

Updated: Wikipedia source

Airbus A380

The Airbus A380 is a large wide-body airliner, developed and produced by Airbus until 2021. It is the world's largest passenger airliner and the only full-length double-deck jet airliner. Airbus studies started in 1988, and the project was announced in 1990 to challenge the dominance of the Boeing 747 in the long-haul market. The then-designated A3XX project was presented in 1994 and Airbus launched the €9.5 billion (US$10.7 billion) A380 programme on 19 December 2000. The first prototype was unveiled in Toulouse, France on 18 January 2005, commencing its first flight on 27 April 2005. It then obtained its type certificate from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on 12 December 2006. Due to difficulties with the electrical wiring, the initial production was delayed by two years and the development costs almost doubled. It was first delivered to Singapore Airlines on 15 October 2007 and entered service on 25 October. Production peaked at 30 per year in both 2012 and 2014, with manufacturing of the aircraft ending in 2021. The A380's estimated $25 billion development cost was not recouped by the time Airbus ended production. The full-length double-deck aircraft has a typical seating for 525 passengers, with a maximum certified capacity for 853 passengers. The quadjet is powered by Engine Alliance GP7200 or Rolls-Royce Trent 900 turbofans providing a range of 8,000 nmi (14,800 km; 9,200 mi). As of December 2021, the global A380 fleet had completed more than 800,000 flights over 7.3 million block hours with no fatalities and no hull losses. As of April 2024, there were 189 aircraft in service with 10 operators worldwide. Of its fifteen total operating airlines, five have fully retired the A380 from their fleets.

Infobox

Role
Wide-body airliner
National origin
Multi-national[a]
Manufacturer
Airbus
Status
In service
Primary users
Emirates British AirwaysSingapore AirlinesQantas
Number built
254 (including 3 test aircraft)
Manufactured
2003–2021
Introduction date
25 October 2007, with Singapore Airlines
First flight
27 April 2005; 20 years ago (2005-04-27)

Tables

Airbus A380 firm net orders and deliveries · Orders and deliveries › Timeline
Net orders
Net orders
Col 1
Net orders
Col 2
A380-800
2001
78
2002
–
2003
34
2004
10
2005
10
2006
24
2007
33
2008
9
2009
4
2010
32
2011
19
2012
9
2013
42
2014
13
2015
2
2016
–
2017
–2
2018
4
2019
–70
2020
–
2021
–
Total
251
A380F
A380F
Col 1
A380F
Col 2
7
2001
10
2002
–
2003
–
2004
10
2005
−17
2006
−10
2007
–
2008
–
2009
–
2010
–
2011
–
2012
–
2013
–
2014
–
2015
–
2016
–
2017
–
2018
–
2019
–
2020
–
2021
0
Deliveries
Deliveries
Col 1
Deliveries
Col 2
A380-800
2001
–
2002
–
2003
–
2004
–
2005
–
2006
–
2007
1
2008
12
2009
10
2010
18
2011
26
2012
30
2013
25
2014
30
2015
27
2016
28
2017
15
2018
12
2019
8
2020
4
2021
5
Total
251
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Total
Net orders
A380-800
78
–
34
10
10
24
33
9
4
32
19
9
42
13
2
–
–2
4
–70
–
–
251
A380F
7
10
–
–
10
−17
−10
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
0
Deliveries
A380-800
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
12
10
18
26
30
25
30
27
28
15
12
8
4
5
251
A380-800 specifications[393] · Specifications
Cockpit crew
Cockpit crew
Model
Cockpit crew
A380-841
Two
Typical seating
Typical seating
Model
Typical seating
A380-841
525 seats
Main deck max.
Main deck max.
Model
Main deck max.
A380-841
853 seats
Overall length
Overall length
Model
Overall length
A380-841
72.72 m (239 ft)
Wing
Wing
Model
Wing
A380-841
79.75 m (261.8 ft) span, 33.5° sweep
Wing area
Wing area
Model
Wing area
A380-841
845 m2 (9,100 sq ft)
Overall height
Overall height
Model
Overall height
A380-841
24.09 m (79 ft)
MTOW
MTOW
Model
MTOW
A380-841
575 t (1,268,000 lb)
Fuel capacity
Fuel capacity
Model
Fuel capacity
A380-841
253,983 kg (559,937 lb)
OEW
OEW
Model
OEW
A380-841
285 t (628,000 lb)
Engines (4×)
Engines (4×)
Model
Engines (4×)
A380-841
Rolls-Royce Trent 970-84Rolls-Royce Trent 970B-84
A380-842
Rolls-Royce Trent 972-84Rolls-Royce Trent 972B-84Rolls-Royce Trent 972E-84
A380-861
Engine Alliance GP7270Engine Alliance GP7270E
Max. thrust (4x)
Max. thrust (4x)
Model
Max. thrust (4x)
A380-841
75,152 lbf (334 kN)
A380-842
76,752 lbf (341 kN)
A380-861
74,735 lbf (332 kN)
Cruise speed
Cruise speed
Model
Cruise speed
A380-841
Mach 0.85 (488 kn; 903 km/h; 561 mph) typicalMach 0.89 (513 kn; 950 km/h; 591 mph) max.
Range
Range
Model
Range
A380-841
14,800 km (7,991 nmi)
Takeoff (MTOW, SL, ISA)
Takeoff (MTOW, SL, ISA)
Model
Takeoff (MTOW, SL, ISA)
A380-841
3,000 m (9,800 ft)
Service ceiling
Service ceiling
Model
Service ceiling
A380-841
43,100 ft (13,100 m)
Model
A380-841
A380-842
A380-861
Cockpit crew
Two
Typical seating
525 seats
Main deck max.
853 seats
Overall length
72.72 m (239 ft)
Wing
ft) span, 33.5° sweep
Wing area
845 m2 (9,100 sq ft)
Overall height
24.09 m (79 ft)
MTOW
575 t (1,268,000 lb)
Fuel capacity
253,983 kg (559,937 lb)
OEW
285 t (628,000 lb)
Engines (4×)
Rolls-Royce Trent 970-84Rolls-Royce Trent 970B-84
Rolls-Royce Trent 972-84Rolls-Royce Trent 972B-84Rolls-Royce Trent 972E-84
Engine Alliance GP7270Engine Alliance GP7270E
Max. thrust (4x)
75,152 lbf (334 kN)
76,752 lbf (341 kN)
74,735 lbf (332 kN)
Cruise speed
Mach 0.85 (488 kn; 903 km/h; 561 mph) typicalMach 0.89 (513 kn; 950 km/h; 591 mph) max.
Range
14,800 km (7,991 nmi)
Takeoff (MTOW, SL, ISA)
3,000 m (9,800 ft)
Service ceiling
43,100 ft (13,100 m)
· Specifications › Aircraft Type Designations
A380-841
A380-841
Variant
A380-841
Certification
12 December 2006
Engine
Trent 970-84/970B-84
A380-842
A380-842
Variant
A380-842
Certification
12 December 2006
Engine
Trent 972-84/972B-84/972E-84
A380-861
A380-861
Variant
A380-861
Certification
14 December 2007
Engine
Engine Alliance GP7270/GP7270E
Variant
Certification
Engine
A380-841
12 December 2006
Trent 970-84/970B-84
A380-842
12 December 2006
Trent 972-84/972B-84/972E-84
A380-861
14 December 2007
Engine Alliance GP7270/GP7270E

References

  1. Final assembly in France
  2. Airbus Commercial Aircraft
    https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/stories/2021-12-the-a380-emirates-and-flying-public-a-winning-combination
  3. Airbus
    https://web.archive.org/web/20201011171618/https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2003/08/airbus-unveils-first-a380-centre-wingbox.html
  4. Airbus A380: Superjumbo of the 21st Century
    https://books.google.com/books?id=KcaYjPhRnWUC
  5. "MDC brochures for undeveloped versions of the MD-11 and MD-12"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080511211119/http://md-eleven.net/MD11-MD12-undeveloped-models
  6. "McDonnell Douglas Unveils New MD-XX Trijet Design"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20111106191654/http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/mdc/96-221.html
  7. NASA Transportation Beyond 2000
    https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19960023624.pdf
  8. Flight International
    http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/creating-a-titan-199071/
  9. The Independent
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/airbus-will-reveal-plan-for-superjumbo-aircraft-would-seat-at-least-600-people-and-cost-dollars-8bn-to-develop-1420367.html
  10. "Airbus hits the road with A3XX"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20121106060040/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-16444324.html
  11. Orlando Sentinel
    https://web.archive.org/web/20121103155803/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/77995305.html?dids=77995305:77995305&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+27,+1994&author=Karen+West+Seattle+Post-Intelligencer&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&desc=AVIATION+GIANTS+HAVE+SUPER-JUMBO+TASK+ENORMOUS+COMMERCIAL+JET+JUST+PAPER+AIRPLANE+FOR+NOW&pqatl=google
  12. Flight International
    https://web.archive.org/web/20110601074352/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/1997/09/10/20640/boeing-looks-again-at-plans-for-nla.html
  13. "Boeing, partners expected to scrap Super-Jet study"
    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-07-10-fi-22333-story.html
  14. Flight International
    https://web.archive.org/web/20121102135556/http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/superjumbo-or-white-elephant-16420/
  15. The Independent
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/lehman-puts-18bn-price-tag-on-airbus-float-1359754.html
  16. "Long Range vs. Ultra High Capacity"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20111124091229/http://www.aerlines.nl/issue_31/31_Cannegieter_Ranging_Capabilities.pdf
  17. "EADS: the A380 Debate"
    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283720958
  18. "Point-To-Point, Hub-To-Hub: the need for an A380 size aircraft"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20110723180709/http://www.leeham.net/filelib/A380_Lawler.pdf
  19. CNN
    https://money.cnn.com/2000/12/19/europe/airbus/
  20. Los Angeles Times
    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-dec-20-mn-2453-story.html
  21. Wired
    https://web.archive.org/web/20121105114815/http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2000/12/40748
  22. The Wall Street Journal
    https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB976882107200789994
  23. "Skylon Assessment Report"
    http://ukspaceagency.bis.gov.uk/assets/ukspaceagency/docs/skylon-assessment-report-pub.pdf
  24. Libération
    http://www.liberation.fr/futurs/2012/05/07/airbus-encaisse-les-couts-de-l-a380_817119
  25. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/13/business/airbus-says-its-a380-jet-is-over-budget.html
  26. The Guardian
    http://www.businessinsider.com/airbuss-flagship-plane-may-be-too-big-to-be-profitable-2014-12
  27. The Telegraph
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/engineering/11353508/Is-Airbuss-A380-a-superjumbo-with-a-future-or-an-aerospace-white-elephant.html
  28. CNNMoney
    https://money.cnn.com/2016/02/17/news/companies/airbus-ceo-a380-future/
  29. Forbes
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardaboulafia/2016/06/06/airbus-a380-the-final-countdown/
  30. Bloomberg
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-12/airbus-plans-to-cut-annual-a380-deliveries-to-12-as-of-2018
  31. "Airbus Super-Jumbo Sheds Financial Weight in New State Aid Deal"
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-23/airbus-sheds-1-4-billion-owed-to-countries-in-new-a380-aid-deal
  32. "Airbus to Defend WTO Ruling by Saying A380 No Threat to Boeing"
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-22/airbus-to-defend-wto-ruling-by-saying-a380-no-threat-to-boeing
  33. "AIRBUS AIRCRAFT 2018 AVERAGE LIST PRICES* (USD millions)"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20180115185203/http://www.airbus.com/content/dam/corporate-topics/publications/backgrounders/Airbus-Commercial-Aircraft-list-prices-2018.pdf
  34. Reuters
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-airbus-germany/germany-in-talks-with-airbus-on-600-million-euros-of-a380-loans-idUSKCN1QL0YR
  35. "Archived copy"
    http://www.akl.tu-darmstadt.de/media/arbeitskreis_luftverkehr/downloads_6/kolloquien/13kolloquium/05druckvorlage_morales.pdf
  36. "Airbus delivers first A380 fuselage section from Spain"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20141004135701/http://www.airbus.com/presscentre/pressreleases/press-release-detail/detail/airbus-delivers-first-a380-fuselage-section-from-spain/
  37. "Planes that changed the World, Episode #3: A380 Superjumbo" Archived 7 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Smithsonia
    http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/shows/planes-that-changed-the-world/a380-superjumbo/1003707/3417629
  38. Airliner World
  39. "A380: Special Transport Ship in Hamburg for the First Time"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080312222417/http://www.airbus.com/en/presscentre/pressreleases/pressreleases_items/10_jun_04_topping_out_ceremony.html
  40. Flight International
    https://web.archive.org/web/20121111134626/http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/towards%2Btoulouse-165712/
  41. "A380 convoys"
    http://www.igg.fr/
  42. Flight International
    https://web.archive.org/web/20070930043200/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2005/12/20/203708/a380-powers-on-through-flight-test.html
  43. BBC News
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4184987.stm
  44. "A380, the 21st century flagship, successfully completes its first flight"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20141004080800/http://www.airbus.com/newsevents/news-events-single/detail/a380-the-21st-century-flagship-successfully-completes-its-first-flight/
  45. Sparaco, Pierre. "A titan takes off Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine" Aviation Week & Space Technology, May
    http://aviationweek.com/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2015/03/2005-%20A380%20First%20Flight.pdf
  46. "It flies! But will it sell? Airbus A380 makes maiden flight, but commercial doubts remain"
    http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=APAB&d_place=APAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10A0DDB8B4BCA1FB&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D
  47. "Airbus 380 conducts test flights in Addis Ababa"
    https://archive.today/20150227091118/http://www.ethiopiainvestor.com/index.php?view=article&catid=69:archives&id=931:airbus-380-conducts-test-flights-in-addis-ababa&tmpl=component&print=1&page=&option=com_content&Itemid=88
  48. NBC News
    https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna11236081
  49. Flight International
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080415145147/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2006/05/23/206797/airbus-to-reinforce-part-of-a380-wing-after-march-static-test.html
  50. Flight International
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080621142039/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2006/04/06/205793/airbus-a380-evacuation-trial-full-report-everyone-off-in.html
  51. YouTube
    https://web.archive.org/web/20160930062848/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlhDochDWJ8
  52. Flight International
    https://web.archive.org/web/20071012015857/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2006/03/29/205739/pictures-airbus-a380-clears-european-and-us-certification-hurdles-for-evacuation.html
  53. "GE joint venture engines tested on Airbus A380"
    http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2006/08/21/daily47.html
  54. "Airbus test flight with engine alliance engine a success"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20150621221603/http://aviation.bernama.com/news.php?id=216600&lang=en
  55. BBC News
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5312020.stm
  56. USA Today
    https://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2006-11-09-airbus-asia-test_x.htm
  57. YouTube
    https://web.archive.org/web/20160809200236/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkPVsToMG3s
  58. "EASA Type-Certificate Data Sheet TCDS A.110 Issue 03"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20091222052318/http://www.easa.europa.eu/ws_prod/c/doc/Design_Appro/Aircrafts/TCDS%20EASA.A.110%20Airbus%20A380%20Iss%203%20(14%20Dec%2007).pdf
  59. "FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet NO.A58NM Rev 2"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20120309094506/http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library%5CrgMakeModel.nsf/0/159B44F68212A2FE862573B70056D374/$FILE/A58NM.pdf
  60. "Doc 8643 – Edition 40, Part1-By Manufacturer Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine" page 1–8. International Civi
    http://cfapp.icao.int/Doc8643/reports/Part1-By%20Manufacturer%20(Encode).pdf
  61. "The A380 programme"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20061103062416/http://www.eads.com/xml/content/OF00000000400004/0/74/41485740.pdf
  62. Flight International
    https://web.archive.org/web/20071012015906/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2006/07/18/207894/farnborough-first-news-the-race-to-rewire-the-airbus.html
  63. International Herald Tribune
    https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/11/business/worldbusiness/11iht-airbus.3860198.html
  64. "What Grounded the Airbus A380?"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20090826172720/http://www.cadalyst.com/cad/product-design/what-grounded-airbus-a380-10903
  65. Learning from a Drastic Failure: The Case of the Airbus A380 Program
  66. Forbes
    https://web.archive.org/web/20100812225215/http://www.forbes.com/2006/06/14/airbus-eads-boeing-614markets12.html
  67. International Herald Tribune
    https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/15/business/15airbus.html
  68. International Herald Tribune
    https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/04/business/worldbusiness/04iht-airbus.2693593.html
  69. "Airbus confirms further A380 delay and launches company restructuring plan"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20061014212600/http://www.airbus.com/en/presscentre/pressreleases/pressreleases_items/06_10_03_a380_delays_company_restructuring_plan.html
  70. The Times
    https://www.thetimes.com/article/airbus-will-lose-48bn-because-of-a380-delays-609q5rkswkp
  71. Flight International
    https://www.flightglobal.com/airbus-a380-freighter-delayed-as-emirates-switches-orders-to-passenger-variant/67429.article
  72. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2006/11/08/airbus-bust-boeing-boost/a3ca18b8-de5f-489e-8f39-c115ec84a6fe/
  73. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/business/worldbusiness/08airbus.html
  74. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/02/business/worldbusiness/02iht-web.0302-airbusclark.4776607.html
  75. Flight International
    https://web.archive.org/web/20071012135944/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2006/12/04/210965/ilfc-to-defer-its-airbus-a380-order-until-at-least-2013-ditching-freighter-variants-for-passenger.html
  76. Flight International
    https://web.archive.org/web/20070930055358/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/03/05/212437/airbus-says-a380f-development-interrupted-by-ups-cancellation-but-still-on.html
  77. Flight International
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080314184554/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/03/11/222139/airbus-has-no-timeline-on-the-a380-freighter.html
  78. "Emirates Airlines reaffirms commitment to A380 and orders additional four"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20071223042521/http://www.airbus.com/en/presscentre/pressreleases/pressreleases_items/07_05_07_Emirates_additional_A380s.html
  79. "Singapore Airlines boosts Airbus fleet with additional A380 orders"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20071228102408/http://www.airbus.com/en/presscentre/pressreleases/pressreleases_items/06_12_20_Singapore_additional_A380s.html
  80. "Qantas signs firm order for eight additional A380s"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080420065300/http://www.airbus.com/en/presscentre/pressreleases/pressreleases_items/06_12_21_qantas_8_more_a380.html
  81. "Air France to order two additional A380s and 18 A320 Family aircraft"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20111124094647/http://www.airbus.com/newsevents/news-events-single/detail/air-france-to-order-two-additional-a380s-and-18-a320-family-aircraft/
  82. "Qatar Airways confirms order for 80 A350 XWBs and adds three A380s"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080622022241/http://www.airbus.com/en/presscentre/pressreleases/pressreleases_items/07_06_18_qatar_A350_A380.html
  83. "Korean Air expands A380 aircraft order"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080802172820/http://www.airbus.com/en/presscentre/pressreleases/pressreleases_items/08_02_19_a380_korean_air.html
  84. The Seattle Times
    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/boeingaerospace/2008641936_airforceone18.html
  85. Flight International
    https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/exclusive-us-considers-airbus-a380-as-air-force-one-and-potentially-a-c-5-replacement-218681/
  86. Flight International
    https://web.archive.org/web/20090203072242/http://flightglobal.com/articles/2009/01/28/321709/eads-waves-off-bid-for-air-force-one-replacement.html
  87. "A380 production ramp-up revisited"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080517010428/http://www.airbus.com/en/presscentre/pressreleases/pressreleases_items/08_05_13_A380_ramp_up_revisited.html
  88. Aviation Week & Space Technology
    http://aviationweek.com/awin/airbus-expects-sharp-order-drop-2009
  89. Business Week
    https://web.archive.org/web/20110416030634/http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/dec2009/gb20091230_002813.htm
  90. "Airbus Beats Boeing on 2010 Orders, Deliveries as Demand Recovery Kicks In"
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-17/airbus-topped-boeing-on-orders-deliveries-last-year-as-demand-rebounded.html
  91. The Wall Street Journal
    https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303644004577522643299354320
  92. "BBC Two: 'How to Build a Super Jumbo Wing'"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b017ld03
  93. "Singapore Airlines – Our History"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20130209040833/http://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/about-us/sia-history/
  94. "A380 superjumbo lands in Sydney"
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7061164.stm
  95. "SIA's Chew: A380 pleases, Virgin Atlantic disappoints"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20071215175343/http://www.atwonline.com/news/story.html?storyID=11132
  96. Aviation Week & Space Technology
    http://aviationweek.com/awin-featured-story/emirates-a350-1000-order-limbo
  97. "Technical issues"
    http://www.flightglobal.com/page/A380-In-Service-Report/Airbus-A380-In-Service-Technical-issues/
  98. "Emirates A380 arrives in New York!"
    http://www.gadling.com/2008/08/03/emirates-a380-arrives-in-new-york/
  99. "Emirates A380 Lands at New York's JFK"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080806020526/http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1217629915.html
  100. The Age
    http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/10/21/1224351190665.html
  101. Flight International
    https://web.archive.org/web/20090215030049/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/12/30/320564/airbus-narrowly-meets-delivery-target-of-12-a380s-in.html
  102. Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology
    https://doi.org/10.1108%2Faeat.2008.12780caf.007
  103. Flight International
    http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/05/18/341926/airbus-poised-to-start-building-new-higher-weight-a380.html
  104. Flight International
    http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/british-airways-and-emirates-will-be-first-for-new-longer-range-326544/
  105. Hamilton, Scott. "Updating the A380: the prospect of a neo version and what's involved" Leehamnews.com, 3 February 2014.
    http://leehamnews.com/2014/02/03/updating-the-a380-the-prospect-of-a-neo-version-and-whats-involved/
  106. Flight International
    http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/airbus-to-offer-higher-weight-a380-from-2013-368483/
  107. "EASA mandates prompt detailed visual inspections of the wings of 20 A380s"
    http://www.easa.europa.eu/news.php
  108. The Aviation Herald
    http://avherald.com/h?article=44992a89&opt=0
  109. "EASA AD No.:2012-0013"
    http://ad.easa.europa.eu/blob/easa_ad_2012_0013.pdf/AD_2012-0013_1
  110. Aviation Week & Space Technology
    http://aviationweek.com/awin/airbus-adjusts-a380-assembly-process
  111. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16942361
  112. "A380 Repairs to cost Airbus 105 million pounds"
    http://atwonline.com/aircraft-engines-components/news/a380-repairs-cost-airbus-105-million-0313
  113. "Air France seeks Airbus compensation for A380 glitches: report"
    http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28338:air-france-seeks-airbus-compensation-for-a380-glitches-report&catid=113:international-news&Itemid=248
  114. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18397398
  115. Der Spiegel
    http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/druckabfall-im-a380-airbus-muss-jede-zehnte-tuer-umruesten-a-976026.html
  116. NDR Presse und Information
    http://www.ndr.de/der_ndr/presse/mitteilungen/Hamburg-Journal-erhebliche-Probleme-mit-Tueren-des-Airbus-A380,pressemeldungndr14366.html
  117. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.com/news/business-25618122
  118. Financial Times
    https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5418e0ce-484f-11e6-8d68-72e9211e86ab.html
  119. Bloomberg News
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-12/airbus-plans-to-cut-annual-a380-deliveries-to-12-as-of-2018
  120. "Airbus to Sharply Cut Production of A380 Jumbo Jets"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20160916103955/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/13/business/international/airbus-cuts-delivery-goal-for-a380-jumbo-jets.html
  121. "Airbus Cuts A380 Production Plans"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20161010190611/http://www.wsj.com/articles/airbus-cuts-a380-production-plans-1468344670
  122. Aviation Week Network
    http://atwonline.com/manufacturers/airbus-confirms-more-a380-production-cuts
  123. "Airbus reports Half-Year (H1) 2017 results"
    http://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2017/07/H12017.html
  124. Flightglobal
    https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/we-will-still-produce-a380s-in-10-years-airbus-ch-442865/
  125. Aviation Week
    http://aviationweek.com/commercial-aviation/emirates-dismisses-a380plus-concept-negotiations-continue
  126. Reuters
    https://web.archive.org/web/20171211170915/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-airbus-a380/airbus-may-cut-a380-production-to-six-planes-a-year-sources-idUKKBN1E51VH
  127. Reuters
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-airbus-a380/airbus-ready-to-phase-out-a380-if-fails-to-win-emirates-deal-sources-idUSKBN1EL11L
  128. "Emirates orders 36 A380s worth US$16 billion"
    https://www.emirates.com/media-centre/emirates-orders-36-a380s-worth-us-16-billion
  129. Forbes
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelgoldstein/2018/01/18/emirates-airlines-order-saves-airbus-a380-superjumbo-for-now/
  130. Bloomberg.com
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-08/airbus-a380-saving-emirates-deal-said-stalled-on-engine-impasse?srnd=premium-europe
  131. "Airbus Offers China Production Role on A380 to Attract New Order"
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-08/airbus-is-said-to-offer-china-work-on-a380-to-attract-new-orders
  132. CAPA – Centre for Aviation
    https://centreforaviation.com/insights/analysis/a380s-in-the-china-the-worlds-largest-market-is-there-a-place-for-the-worlds-largest-aircraft-392569
  133. Flightglobal
    https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/a380-production-will-create-digestible-losses-air-445983/
  134. Wired UK
    https://www.wired.co.uk/article/airbus-a380-retirement
  135. "Commercial Aircraft Airbus and Emirates reach agreement on A380 fleet, sign new widebody orders"
    https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2019/02/airbus-and-emirates-reach-agreement-on-a380-fleet--sign-new-widebody-orders.html
  136. CNN
    https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/14/business/a380-airbus-news-emirates/index.html
  137. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/feb/14/passengers-love-airbus-a380-but-it-never-fully-took-off-with-buyers
  138. Is Airbus Finally Ready To Shut Down A380 Production? (Forbes, by Michael Goldstein, 27 December 2017)Quote:"...the A380
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelgoldstein/2017/12/27/is-airbus-finally-ready-to-shut-down-a380-production/#23c0325b59c6
  139. Airbus Considers Ditching A380 in 2018 as Buyers Lag on YouTube (Bloomberg, posted to YouTube on 11 December 2014)Quote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb5PVumzFXw&t=1m23s
  140. Airbus CEO says stopping A380 production is the "right decision" (AFP News, posted to YouTube on 14 February 2019)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i5AGAkZRdk
  141. Business Insider
    https://www.businessinsider.com/american-airlines-exec-reveals-why-company-doesnt-use-airbus-a380-2019-4
  142. "Asian Airlines' changing presence at London Heathrow", Centre for Aviation, 13 February 2013.
    http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/asian-airlines-changing-presence-at-london-heathrow-pt-1-cathay-and-sia-increase-capacity-96950
  143. "China Southern's A380 problems may not be solved by possible Air China partnership", CAPA: Centre for Aviation, 2 April
    http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/china-southerns-a380-problems-may-not-be-solved-by-possible-air-china-partnership-103063
  144. Sparaco, Pierre. "Opinion: Mega-Transports Hobbled By Their Size Archived 10 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine" Aviation
    http://aviationweek.com/awin/opinion-mega-transports-hobbled-their-size
  145. Reuters
    https://www.reuters.com/article/united-airlines-fleet-idUSL1N0YQ00Z20150604
  146. CNN
    https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/final-airbus-a380-first-flight/index.html
  147. CNN
    https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/last-a380-emirates/index.html
  148. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.com/news/business-59667835
  149. "Airbus A380 Cabin"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20090825115419/http://www.airbus.com/en/aircraftfamilies/passenger_comfort.html
  150. Flight International
    http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/06/18/214759/honey-i-shrunk-the-a380.html
  151. "A380 Specifications"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20120708071501/http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies/passengeraircraft/a380family/a380-800/specifications/
  152. Airline Ratings
    https://www.airlineratings.com/news/emirates-tim-clark-threatens-cancellation-of-777-9/
  153. "The triple-deck cargo hauler"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20050603010238/http://www.airbus.com/en/aircraftfamilies/a380/freight.html
  154. "Type Certificate Data Sheet"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20180219151308/https://www.easa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/dfu/TCDS_EASA%20A%20110_A380_Iss_12.pdf
  155. Flightglobal
    https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/thrust-advance-165711/
  156. Leeham
    https://leehamnews.com/2018/02/16/leahy-remains-steadfast-a380-future/
  157. "Environment"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080703093623/http://a380.lufthansa.com/en/html/technik/umwelt/index.php
  158. "JC 2012 WINNERS FINAL 14 Nov 2012"
    http://noiseabatementsociety.com/jc-2012-winners-final-14-nov-2012/
  159. National Air Traffic Services
    https://web.archive.org/web/20070717034806/http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/aviation/environmentalissues/coll_nightnoisequotasatheathrowg/nightnoisequotasprintversion
  160. CAA
    https://web.archive.org/web/20141217012844/http://www.heathrowairport.com/static/Heathrow_Noise/Downloads/PDF/20120411-Final_ERCD_A380_Report_1106_2.pdf
  161. "Airbus A380"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20140424093538/http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/1357/E0001321ReplyLetter.pdf
  162. UK Department for Transport
    https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/66837/consultation-document.pdf
  163. AirInsight
    https://www.airinsight.com/emirates-and-the-a380-2/
  164. Air & Space magazine
    https://web.archive.org/web/20140621141726/http://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/how-things-work-stopping-the-a380-27549065/?no-ist
  165. "Flying the Airbus A380"
    https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2009-06-17/flying-airbus-a380
  166. Flight International
    https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/innovative-honeywell-helps-to-curb-a380-weight-199552/
  167. Ingenia Online
    https://web.archive.org/web/20120520141547/http://www.ingenia.org.uk/ingenia/articles.aspx?Index=436
  168. Peter M. Burns & Marina Novelli. "Tourism and Mobilities: Local-Global Connections", p. 192. ISBN 978-1-84593-404-0
    https://books.google.com/books?id=2z-qvBYAqoMC
  169. "Updating the A380: The prospect of a neo version and what's involved"
    https://leehamnews.com/2014/02/03/updating-the-a380-the-prospect-of-a-neo-version-and-whats-involved/
  170. The Standard
    https://web.archive.org/web/20110629182915/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=52746&sid=15211541&con_type=3
  171. "A380 Superjumbo", A Documentary broadcast on the Smithsonian Channel in the series Planes that changed the world
  172. Trailer truck trajectory optimization: the transportation of components for the Airbus A380
  173. "Pilot's perspective" Flightglobal, undated. Retrieved 20 June 2014. Archived on 18 March 2014.
    http://www.flightglobal.com/page/A380-In-Service-Report/Airbus-A380-In-Service-Report-Pilots-perspective/
  174. New Scientist
    https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn7552-aviation--the-shape-of-wings-to-come.html?full=true
  175. "Rapid growth forecast for carbon fibre market"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20100831063503/http://www.reinforcedplastics.com/view/1110/rapid-growth-forecast-for-carbon-fibre-market/
  176. Reinforced Plastics
    https://doi.org/10.1016%2FS0034-3617%2802%2980149-7
  177. "How to make an elephant fly"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20110720062209/http://www.scenta.co.uk/travel/technology/cit/1700616/how-to-make-an-elephant-fly.htm
  178. "Thermoplastic composites gain leading edge on the A380"
    http://www.compositesworld.com/articles/thermoplastic-composites-gain-leading-edge-on-the-a380
  179. "Coming Soon: The Innovative Airbus A380"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20120614110458/http://www.aviationtoday.com/am/categories/bga/Coming-Soon-The-Innovative-Airbus-A380_206.html
  180. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    https://web.archive.org/web/20121018035804/http://www.seattlepi.com/default/article/Airbus-big-baby-is-too-big-1149552.php
  181. "Laser Beam Welding"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20060223050545/http://www.fraunhofer.de/fhg/Images/magazine1-2005-36f_tcm6-14041.pdf
  182. Aluminum Alloy Development for the Airbus A380 Archived 17 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Key to metals
    http://www.keytometals.com/page.aspx?ID=CheckArticle&site=ktn&NM=227
  183. Wing error costs 2B kroner Archived 27 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian) Teknisk Ukeblad 31 May 2012. Retri
    http://www.tu.no/motor/2012/05/31/vingefeil-koster-to-milliarder
  184. Airbus A380 Wing Flaws May Cost USD$629 Mln Archived 4 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine Reuters 24 May 2012. Retrieve
    http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1337912488.html
  185. "Airbus starts painting first A380"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080610030512/http://www.airbus.com/en/presscentre/pressreleases/pressreleases_items/07_04_11_A380_first_paint.html
  186. "The Aviation Writer"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20150624013407/http://www.theaviationwriter.com/2013/04/british-airways-airbus-a380-paint-job.html
  187. "Integrated Modular Avionics: Less is More"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20111124083249/http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/categories/commercial/8420.html
  188. "Rafale"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20090304035106/http://www.dassault-aviation.com/fileadmin/user_upload/redacteur/presse/Backgrounders/RAFALE_EN.doc
  189. "Thales technologies onboard the A380"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20120308162125/http://www.thalesgroup.com/Pages/PressRelease.aspx?id=10607
  190. "Networking"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080612223003/http://a380.lufthansa.com/en/html/technik/rechenzentrum/index.php
  191. "Test cards for the Airbus A380"
    http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/categories/commercial/12760.html
  192. "Cockpit"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080612232128/http://a380.lufthansa.com/en/html/technik/piloten/index.php
  193. The Times
    https://web.archive.org/web/20110611225606/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/engineering/article696340.ece
  194. "Barco extends its success in the civil avionics market with new Airbus deal"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20110716212733/http://www.barco.com/en/pressrelease/1509/
  195. "A380 flight deck"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20060825173400/http://www.airbus.com/en/aircraftfamilies/a380/flight_deck.html
  196. "Flash-based view of A380s cockpit"
    http://www.gillesvidal.com/blogpano/cockpit1.htm
  197. "A350 cockpit borrows A380 innovations"
    http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/Business-and-Industry/144565420
  198. Flight International
    http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/lufthansa-systems-database-plots-route-to-the-paperless-cockpit-188307/
  199. Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology
  200. "A380: 'more electric' aircraft"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20060317013602/http://www.aviationtoday.com/cgi/av/show_mag.cgi?pub=av&mon=1001&file=1001a380.htm
  201. "A380 pushes 5000 psi into realm of the common man"
    http://hydraulicspneumatics.com/200/TechZone/HydraulicPumpsM/Article/False/6497/TechZone-HydraulicPumpsM
  202. "High pressure, low weight"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20100714021856/http://www.designnews.com/article/65-High_pressure_low_weight.php
  203. "Eaton wins hydraulic system contract for A380, $200 million potential for U.S. company"
    http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/6918/eaton-hydraulic-power-systems-for-a380-%28oct.-12%29.html
  204. Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology
  205. "Innovative Variable Frequency Power"
    http://www.goodrich.com/portal/site/grcom?GUID=19187d816707b110VgnVCM10000068f57eaaRCRD
  206. Avionics Magazine
    https://web.archive.org/web/20090513102313/http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/issue/feature/A380-More-Electric-Aircraft_12874.html
  207. Hamilton and Sundstrand
    https://web.archive.org/web/20130302205101/http://www.hamiltonsundstrand.com/StaticFiles/HS/Communications/General/Documents/A380%20Fact%20Sheet_June%202011.pdf
  208. "Airbus A380 Facts & Figures"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20180625161050/https://www.airbus.com/content/dam/corporate-topics/publications/backgrounders/Backgrounder-Airbus-Commercial-Aircraft-A380-Facts-and-Figures-EN.pdf
  209. Flight International
    http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/boeings-747-8-vs-a380-a-titanic-tussle-205137/
  210. "Airbus A380 Brief"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20130422021427/http://a380airbus.com/airbus-a380-cabins/
  211. "Global Aircraft – Airbus A380"
    http://www.globalaircraft.org/planes/airbus_a380.pl
  212. "Fascinating figures about the A380"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080704190610/http://events.airbus.com/a380/seeing/learnandplay/figures1.asp
  213. airbus
    https://web.archive.org/web/20161231132208/http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies/passengeraircraft/a380family/own-the-sky/cabin/
  214. "Onboard the Airbus A380"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20071020004918/http://fodors.com/news/story_2432.html
  215. "747-400 Cross Sections"
    http://www.boeing.com/commercial/747family/pf/pf_cross_section.html
  216. "A survey of the best airline economy seats"
    http://www.smarttravelasia.com/economy.htm
  217. The Copenhagen Post
    https://web.archive.org/web/20151202155422/http://cphpost.dk/news/worlds-largest-passenger-plane-lands-at-copenhagen-airport.html
  218. Aviation
    https://web.archive.org/web/20101227044154/http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/070608_recordseatsa380.html
  219. Bristol 24-7
    https://web.archive.org/web/20131211122201/http://www.bristol247.com/2009/10/23/recession-causes-turbulence-for-airbus-a380-sales/
  220. "Cabin Interior, Mood Lighting"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20070927225931/http://www.diehl-aerospace.de/index.php?id=1402&L=1
  221. "Airbus Cabin Showroom"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20070526122254/http://www.airbus.com/cabin-showroom/preview/index.jsp?article=0
  222. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    http://www.seattlepi.com/default/article/Aerospace-Notebook-It-s-no-cruise-ship-of-the-1253995.php
  223. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/07/AR2007020701386.html
  224. USA Today
    https://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2005-02-02-spa-380-usat_x.htm
  225. "Airbus A380's bar, flatbeds, showers irk Engineers"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20120306023657/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aSbA8LrQ5ndU
  226. Flight International
    https://web.archive.org/web/20071017043933/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/10/15/218492/sia-is-ready-at-last-to-start-flying-the-a380.html
  227. Flight International
    https://web.archive.org/web/20151228093941/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/air-france-picks-business-seat-eyeing-premium-economy-for-347697/
  228. "Seat Map Singapore Airlines Airbus A380"
    http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Singapore_Air/Singapore_Air_Airbus_A380.php
  229. "Singapore Airlines A380"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20071017050628/http://a380.singaporeair.com/content/news/newsrelease/20071015_suite/index.html
  230. "Singapore Airlines Suites Archived 4 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine" Singapore Airlines. Retrieved 29 September 2
    http://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/flying-with-us/suites/
  231. "Qantas and the A380"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20071214005727/http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/company/A380
  232. seatguru.com
    https://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Qantas_Airways/information.php
  233. Los Angeles Times
    https://latimes.com/travel/la-tr-a380-pg,0,4538781.photogallery
  234. "First class flight perks we envy slideshow"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20140318173906/http://travel.yahoo.com/photos/first-class-flight-perks-we-envy-1392314234-slideshow/first-class-perks-showers-photo-1392314738052.html
  235. The Times
    https://www.thetimes.com/article/a-first-look-inside-emirates-a380s-gz3jdjlzgw8
  236. "Looking forward Archived 27 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine" Flightglobal, undated. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
    http://www.flightglobal.com/page/A380-In-Service-Report/Airbus-A380-In-Service-Report-Looking-forward/
  237. Flightglobal
    http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/interiors-middle-eastern-carriers-show-their-gulf-in-410195/
  238. Adelaide Now
    https://web.archive.org/web/20131022015400/http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/qantas-unveils-self-serve-bar/story-e6frea8c-1111114027421
  239. Aviation Week & Space Technology
  240. Air and Space magazine
    http://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/Superduperjumbo.html?c=y&page=2
  241. "A380 aircraft characteristics airport and maintenance planning"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20180711235126/https://www.airbus.com/content/dam/corporate-topics/publications/backgrounders/techdata/aircraft_characteristics/Airbus-Commercial-Aircraft-AC-A380-Dec-2016.pdf
  242. The Independent
    http://www.independent.ie/business/airbus-opens-its-books-for-the-worlds-biggest-jumbo-but-is-it-a-plane-too-far-375339.html
  243. "Common Agreement Document of the A380 Airport Compatibility Group Version 2.1" page 8, European Civil Aviation Conferen
    https://web.archive.org/web/20050529102206/http://www.ecac-ceac.org/nla-forum/IMG/pdf/AACG_Common_Agreement_Document_V2.1.pdf
  244. "Minimum Requirements to Widen Existing 150-Foot Wide Runways for Airbus A380 Operations"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20091229081603/http://www.faa.gov/airports/engineering/engineering_briefs/media/EB_65a.pdf
  245. "Use of non-standard 75-foot-wide straight taxiway sections for Airbus 380 taxiing operations"
    https://www.webcitation.org/5l7zrmByy?url=http://www.faa.gov/airports/engineering/engineering_briefs/media/EB_63a.pdf
  246. "Operational Evaluation Board Report Airbus A380-800 Report of the FCL/OPS Subgroup Report, Revision 1 18 July 2011"
    http://www.easa.europa.eu/certification/flight-standards/doc/oeb-final-report/airbus/Airbus-A380-FCL-OPS-OEB-Report-Rev_1-20110718.pdf
  247. Los Angeles Times
    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/boeingaerospace/2003624136_a380debut18.html
  248. Aviation Week
    http://aviationweek.com/awin/pilot-report-flying-airbus-a380
  249. "Airports Prepare for the A380"
    https://aviationweek.com/airports-prepare-a380
  250. "747-400 Airport Compatibility Report", section 2.2.1. Boeing, December 2002. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
    https://web.archive.org/web/20130124191736/http://www.boeing.com/commercial/airports/acaps/7474sec2.pdf
  251. "747-8 Airport Compatibility Report", section 2.2.1. Boeing, December 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
    https://web.archive.org/web/20121014235741/http://www.boeing.com/commercial/airports/acaps/7478sec2.pdf
  252. "A380 – A solution for airports"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080910193055/http://www.content.airbusworld.com/SITES/Customer_services/html/acrobat/fast_33_p7_16solution.pdf
  253. Flight International
    https://web.archive.org/web/20090412051939/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2006/09/25/209189/flight-test-airbus-a380.html
  254. Airbus
    https://web.archive.org/web/20170326220823/http://www.fzt.haw-hamburg.de/pers/Scholz/dglr/hh/text_2008_06_05_LandingGear.pdf
  255. "Catering"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080615013420/http://a380.lufthansa.com/en/html/logistik/catering/index.php
  256. "Aircraft movements"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080614210748/http://a380.lufthansa.com/en/html/logistik/pushback/index.php
  257. "Boarding please – aber ein bisschen flott!"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20081120005027/http://www.thyssenkrupp.com/documents/Publikationen/Sonderveroeffentl/innovate_02_05_Fluggastbruecke.pdf
  258. "A380 first touchdown in the United States as part of commercial Route Proving"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20081216110239/http://www.airbus.com/en/presscentre/pressreleases/pressreleases_items/07_03_12_A380_USA_route_proving.html
  259. icao.int
    https://web.archive.org/web/20171001025516/https://www.icao.int/publications/DOC8643/Pages/Search.aspx
  260. Aviation Week & Space Technology
    http://aviationweek.com/mro/major-maintenance-due-airbus-a380s
  261. "Singapore Airlines celebrates its first millionth A380 passenger"
    http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=87805
  262. "Airbus A380: Mehr als 1,5 Millionen Passagiere"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20120902190617/http://www.flugrevue.de/de/zivilluftfahrt/fluggeraete/airbus-a380-mehr-als-15-millionen-passagiere.10409.htm
  263. The Wall Street Journal
    https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704317704574503291415066898
  264. "Air France set to get Europe's first A380 superjumbo"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20110714130008/http://news.ph.msn.com/business/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3678311
  265. "Lufthansa übernimmt A380 am 19. Mai – Trainingsflüge in ganz Deutschland"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20110513052533/http://www.flugrevue.de/de/zivilluftfahrt/airlines-flugbetrieb/lufthansa-uebernimmt-a380-am-19-mai-trainingsfluege-in-ganz-deutschland.21022.htm
  266. "Airbus delivers tenth A380 in 2010"
    http://www.airbus.com/presscentre/pressreleases/press-release-detail/detail/airbus-delivers-tenth-a380-in-2010/
  267. Airbus
    https://web.archive.org/web/20171205042137/http://www.airbus.com/newsroom/news/en/2013/03/the-a380-global-fleet-spreads-its-wings-as-deliveries-hit-the-century-mark.html
  268. "Where is the A380 flying?"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20161231132110/http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies/passengeraircraft/a380family/a380-routes/
  269. Aviation Week & Space Technology
    http://aviationweek.com/airbus-a380/report-card-airbus-a380-after-eight-years-service
  270. "A380"
    https://www.airbus.com/sites/g/files/jlcbta136/files/2022-01/EN-Airbus-A380-Facts-and-Figures-January-2022.pdf
  271. "B747-8F VS A380F"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205307/http://www.intervistas.com/downloads/CAIR/articles/12_dec2005_a.pdf
  272. "Airbus freighter aircraft"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20130116094611/http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies/freighter/
  273. "Airbus freighter aircraft"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20130426090916/http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies/freighter/
  274. Business Insider
    https://web.archive.org/web/20200916103048/https://www.businessinsider.com/us/airbus-is-trying-to-patent-the-perfect-jumbo-jet-2015-7
  275. Aviation Week & Space Technology
    http://archive.aviationweek.com/issue/20010101#!&pid=22
  276. "Airbus plant Riesen A380"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20131202221514/http://www.topnews.de/airbus-plant-lesen-a380-31297
  277. Australian Business Traveller
    http://www.ausbt.com.au/supersizing-the-superjumbo-1-000-seat-airbus-a380-due-by-2020
  278. Bloomberg
    https://web.archive.org/web/20121103124517/https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085
  279. The Seattle Times
    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004022126_airbus19.html
  280. Reuters
    https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN3022007420071030?sp=true
  281. The Times of India
    https://web.archive.org/web/20120311210925/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/airbus-to-extend-a380-to-accommodate-1000-passengers_10089914.html
  282. "Kingfisher defers delivery to wait for A380-900"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20100113043938/http://atwonline.com/news/other.html?issueDate=2%2F6%2F2009
  283. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    http://www.seattlepi.com/default/article/A-stretch-version-of-the-A380-It-s-in-the-plans-1253438.php
  284. Flight International
    https://web.archive.org/web/20100524161647/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/05/20/342239/a380-900-and-freighter-both-on-back-burner-enders.html
  285. Australian Business Traveller
    http://www.ausbt.com.au/airbus-confirms-a380neo-and-a380-stretch
  286. Bloomberg L.P
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-12-10/airbus-at-crossroads-as-a380-jumbo-faces-spendorfade-conundrum
  287. Flightglobal
    http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/paris-airbus-in-early-talks-over-moderate-a380-stretch-413552/
  288. "Airbus in talks with airlines over stretched A380"
    https://finance.yahoo.com/news/airbus-talks-airlines-over-stretched-093657983.html
  289. The Sunday Times
    https://web.archive.org/web/20150815082941/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/business/article1582679.ece
  290. Aviation Week
    http://aviationweek.com/farnborough-2014/airbus-make-a380neo-decision-2015?NL=AW-13&Issue=AW-13_20140716_AW-13_679&YM_RID=%27email%27&YM_MID=%27mmid%27&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_1_b
  291. Aviation Week
    http://aviationweek.com/paris-air-show-2015/airbus-talking-airlines-about-slight-stretch-a380
  292. "Airbus A380 faces uncertain future"
    https://www.cnbc.com/2015/06/16/paris-air-show-airbus-a380-faces-uncertain-future.html
  293. Aviation week
    http://aviationweek.com/commercial-aviation/rolls-royce-and-airbus-near-accord-over-a380neo
  294. Rolls-Royce
    https://web.archive.org/web/20151219152100/http://www.rolls-royce.com/customers/civil-aerospace/products/future-products/advance.aspx
  295. Aviation Week & Space Technology
    http://aviationweek.com/commercial-aviation/emirates-airbus-talks-a380neo-lapsed
  296. The Telegraph
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/airbus-a380-winglets-bigger-wing-span/
  297. FlightGlobal
    https://www.flightglobal.com/proposed-a380neo-would-have-offered-double-digit-fuel-reduction-clark/140099.article
  298. Flight Global
    https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/clark-reiterates-plea-for-a380neo/153733.article
  299. "Airbus presents the A380plus"
    http://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2017/06/airbus-presents-the-a380plus.html
  300. Aviation Week Network
    http://aviationweek.com/paris-air-show-2017/airbus-details-a380-plus-modifications
  301. Flight International
    https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/analysis-the-a380s-rollercoaster-ride-in-10-years-440832/
  302. Flightglobal
    https://www.flightglobal.com/programmes/how-the-a380-ran-out-of-runway-after-just-two-decades/137480.article
  303. "Flying by Nature Airbus Global Market Forecast 2007–2026"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080409133337/http://www.airbus.com/fileadmin/documents/gmf/PDF_dl/00-all-gmf_2007.pdf
  304. "Boeing Current Market Outlook 2007"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080409133335/http://www.boeing.com/commercial/cmo/pdf/Boeing_Current_Market_Outlook_2007.pdf
  305. Aviation Week & Space Technology
    http://aviationweek.com/commercial-aviation/opinion-mega-transports-hobbled-their-size
  306. Center for Aviation
    http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/asian-airlines-changing-presence-at-london-heathrow-pt-1-cathay-and-sia-increase-capacity-96950
  307. CAPA: Centre for Aviation
    http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/china-southerns-a380-problems-may-not-be-solved-by-possible-air-china-partnership-103063
  308. "China Southern Gets First Dreamliner After Failed A380 Strategy"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20130602205556/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-02/china-southern-gets-first-dreamliner-after-failed-a380-strategy.html
  309. Air Transport World
    http://atwonline.com/airframes/air-france-airbus-a380-not-good-fit-network
  310. Aviation International News
    https://web.archive.org/web/20141129034118/http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/farnborough-air-show/2014-07-13/airbus-airlines-happy-a380
  311. Aviation Week & Space Technology
    http://aviationweek.com/commercial-aviation/new-breed-managers-needed-a380-success-tim-clark-believes
  312. Reuters
    https://www.reuters.com/article/united-airlines-fleet-idUSL1N0YQ00Z20150604
  313. "A380 financial update"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20061103062416/http://www.eads.com/xml/content/OF00000000400004/0/74/41485740.pdf
  314. Flight International
    https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/eads-hopeful-a380-could-break-even-in-2015-342126/
  315. Reuters
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-emirates-airbus-group-idUSKBN0JP0W020141211
  316. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30427116
  317. Financial Times
    https://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/19274cca-8155-11e4-a493-00144feabdc0.html
  318. Reuters
    https://www.reuters.com/article/airbus-a350-delivery-idUSL6N0U61HS20141222
  319. Aviation Week & Space Technology
    http://aviationweek.com/blog/airbus-a380-makes-maiden-flight-2005
  320. Skift
    https://web.archive.org/web/20191109051952/https://skift.com/2015/04/27/airbus-a380-is-the-plane-airlines-arent-ordering-anymore/
  321. "New Airbus aircraft list prices for 2016"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20161116213741/http://www.airbus.com/presscentre/pressreleases/press-release-detail/detail/new-airbus-aircraft-list-prices-for-2016/
  322. Aviation Daily
    http://aviationweek.com/commercial-aviation/singapore-airlines-won-t-extend-first-airbus-a380-lease
  323. "The A380s future"
    https://www.airinsight.com/the-a380s-future/
  324. "Tschüss Airbus A380 – Ein Nachruf"
    https://www.haw-hamburg.de/detail/news/news/show/tschuess-airbus-a380-ein-nachruf0/
  325. The Seattle Times
    http://www.seattletimes.com/business/used-a380-superjumbos-pose-fresh-threat-to-airbus-sales-drive/
  326. Flightglobal
    https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/mas-to-use-a380s-for-pilgrimages-up-seats-to-700-430606/
  327. Aviation Week Network
    http://atwonline.com/airlines/malaysia-airlines-targets-3q-2018-a380-charter-carrier
  328. Flightglobal
    https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/malaysia-airlines-dismisses-report-of-plans-to-scrap-444084/
  329. "Portuguese airline takes over two A380s"
    http://www.aerotelegraph.com/portugiesische-fluglinie-uebernimmt-zwei-a380
  330. "Portuguese ACMI specialist Hi Fly to add A380s"
    https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/58948-portuguese-acmi-specialist-hi-fly-to-add-a380s
  331. Flightglobal
    https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/hi-fly-to-introduce-471-seat-a380-by-mid-year-447342/
  332. Flight Global
    https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/thomas-cook-revealed-as-hi-flys-first-a380-customer-450833/
  333. FlightGlobal
    https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/norwegian-to-deploy-hi-flys-a380-as-787-cover-450896/
  334. Aviationweek.com
    https://aviationweek.com/awincommercial/air-austral-ground-boeing-787-replace-airbus-a380
  335. AirInsight
    https://www.airinsight.com/amedeos-a380-net-jets-share-idea/
  336. Aviation Week
    http://aviationweek.com/ebace-2018/first-a380-royal-yacht-may-be-launched-soon
  337. Airways International
    https://web.archive.org/web/20181124163834/https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/airfrance-reduce-a380-fleet/
  338. Flightglobal.com
    https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/air-france-evaluates-a330neo-as-a380-replacement-460025/
  339. MRO Network
    https://www.mro-network.com/manufacturing-distribution/airbus-calls-time-a380-program
  340. Flight Global
    https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/dr-peters-considering-a380-teardown-sources-437799/
  341. Flight Global
    https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/hi-fly-eyes-dr-peters-a380s-441077/
  342. Aviation Week Network
    http://www.mro-network.com/airlines/part-out-specialists-lukewarm-second-hand-a380s
  343. "Positive overall result for two A380 funds"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20180723122713/https://www.dr-peters.de/en/press/press-releases/2018/2018-06-05.html
  344. "Doric: First A380 Secondary Market Deal"
    https://www.doric.com/fileadmin/Doric_Asset_Finance/Press_Releases/2018_07_19_Doric_press_release_Hi_Fly_A380.pdf
  345. Airways News
    https://web.archive.org/web/20190515090440/https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/hi-fly-becomes-the-worlds-first-airbus-a380-second-hand-operator-photos/
  346. The Telegraph Online
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/norwegian-a380-london-new-york/
  347. "Two Unwanted A380s Are Moving Closer to the Scrapheap"
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-05/first-a380s-poised-for-scrapheap-as-second-hand-interest-fades
  348. Flight Global
    https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/dr-peters-to-part-out-two-a380s-after-airline-talks-449224/
  349. Flight Global
    https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/analysis-dr-peters-seeks-to-salvage-a380s-with-part-449268/
  350. Flight Global
    https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/opinion-the-fading-dream-of-an-a380-secondary-marke-449287/
  351. Airways News
    https://web.archive.org/web/20190514195854/https://airwaysmag.com/industry/sad-sight-first-two-airbus-a380-in-the-scrapyards/
  352. Flightglobal.com
    https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/emirates-begins-a380-retirements-to-support-in-serv-460661/
  353. airfinancejournal.com
    https://www.airfinancejournal.com/articles/3589160/dorics-nimrod-one-sells-a380-ahead-of-liquidation
  354. Airbus
    https://www.airbus.com/aircraft/market/orders-deliveries.html
  355. "Emirates orders 50 additional A380s, boosting fleet to 140"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20131120061439/http://www.airbus.com/newsevents/news-events-single/detail/emirates-orders-50-additional-a380s-boosting-fleet-to-140/
  356. "Luxury living at 35,000 ft"
    http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/07/06/luxury.a380/
  357. Dubois, Thierry. "Airbus Cancels Only VVIP A380 Order Archived 27 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine" AINonline, 5 Februa
    http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2015-02-05/airbus-cancels-only-vvip-a380-order
  358. "Airbus names A380 delivery centre in Hamburg after Jürgen Thomas"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080822142413/http://www.airbus.com/en/presscentre/pressreleases/pressreleases_items/08_07_04_a380_delivery_centre_hamburg.html
  359. Reuters
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eads-a-idUSBRE86Q08Y20120727
  360. International Business Times
    http://www.ibtimes.com/10-biggest-aircraft-deals-2013-1515402
  361. "Deal called off for delivery of Airbus A380 to Japanese airliner"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20140808052329/http://www.thejapannews.net/index.php/sid/224243581/scat/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/ht/Deal-called-off-for-delivery-of-Airbus-A380-to-Japanese-airliner
  362. "Emirates to acquire two orphaned Skymark superjumbos"
    https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/04/14/business/corporate-business/emirates-boost-superjumbo-fleet-acquiring-two-orphaned-skymark-a380s/
  363. "Airbus A380 Customer Qantas Doesn't Want the Last Eight on Order"
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-05/airbus-a380-customer-qantas-doesn-t-want-the-last-eight-on-order
  364. Flightglobal
    https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/qantas-formally-cancels-remaining-a380-orders-455581/
  365. "Airbus Says Some A380s on Order May Not Be Delivered"
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-30/airbus-profit-rises-10-as-aircraft-deliveries-increase.html
  366. Flightglobal.com
    https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/amedeo-cancels-dormant-a380-order-455780/
  367. Flightglobal
    https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/virgin-cancels-long-dormant-a380-order-446556/
  368. Aviation Week & Space Technology
    http://aviationweek.com/paris-air-show-2017/civil-aviation-programs-watch#slide-8-field_images-1639711
  369. Leeham
    https://leehamnews.com/2017/11/03/emirates-likely-order-new-a380s-dubai-air-show/
  370. Flightglobal
    https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/emirates-tentatively-signs-for-up-to-36-a380s-445004/
  371. Reuters
    https://web.archive.org/web/20181210212641/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-airbus-emirates-idUKKBN1FV0WG
  372. "Airbus statement on commercial discussions with Emirates Airline"
    https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2019/01/airbus-statement-on-commercial-discussions-with-emirates-airline.html
  373. AP News
    https://apnews.com/7cb118349ba34b00891bf3a911488e70
  374. Reuters
    https://web.archive.org/web/20200916073947/https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-airbus-emirates-a380-exclusive/exclusive-airbus-a380-under-threat-as-emirates-weighs-rejigged-order-sources-idUKKCN1PP2C7
  375. Flightglobal
    https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/airbus-confirms-talks-with-emirates-over-a380-contra-455446/
  376. Leeham News
    https://leehamnews.com/2019/02/04/pontifications-787-10-engines-too-small-for-emirates/
  377. "Emirates signs deal for 40 A330-900s, 30 A350-900s"
    https://www.emirates.com/media-centre/emirates-signs-deal-for-40-a330-900s-30-a350-900s
  378. aerotime.aero
    https://web.archive.org/web/20200916115051/https://www.aerotime.aero/aerotime.team/22483-all-nippon-airways-takes-delivery-of-its-first-a380
  379. ANA Official
    https://www.ana.co.jp/en/us/hawaii24/airbus380/
  380. Airbus S.A.S.
    https://web.archive.org/web/20101223223239/http://www.airbus.com/fileadmin/media_gallery/files/reports_results_reviews/Summary_Historial_Orders_Deliveries_1974-2009.xls
  381. Airbus
    https://www.airbus.com/en/products-services/commercial-aircraft/market/orders-and-deliveries
  382. Reuters UK
    https://web.archive.org/web/20181206213320/https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-airbus-a380/paris-museum-gets-an-airbus-a380-superjumbo-idUKKBN15T1XE
  383. Airbus
    https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2017/02/transfer-of-a380-msn4-to-the-le-bourget-aerospace-museum.html
  384. "Airbus A380 Safety Index"
    https://aviation-safety.net/database/types/Airbus-A380/index
  385. "Airbus A380 occurrences"
    http://aviation-safety.net/database/dblist.php?Type=028
  386. "Airbus A380 hull-losses"
    http://aviation-safety.net/database/dblist.php?field=typecode&var=028%&cat=%1&sorteer=datekey&page=1
  387. "Indonesians collect debris from Qantas plane engine"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20101109024957/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/04/3057573.htm
  388. "Inflight engine failure – Qantas, Airbus A380, VH-OQA, overhead Batam Island, Indonesia, 4 November 2010" Archived 6 No
    https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2010/AAIR/AO-2010-089.aspx
  389. "Qantas A380 landing: Airlines were warned in August over engine safety"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20131021164700/http://www.airportwatch.org.uk/?p=3203
  390. Herald-Sun
    https://archive.today/20121230100706/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/travel/news/qantas-a380-back-in-the-air-as-good-as-new/story-fn32891l-1226334769849
  391. "Qantas replaces RR engines" Archived 23 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine. The Guardian, 18 November 2010. Retrieved 25
    https://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/nov/18/qantas-replaces-rolls-royce-engines
  392. "Incident: France A388 over Greenland on Sep 30th 2017, uncontained engine failure, fan and engine inlet separated"
    https://avherald.com/h?article=4af15205&opt=0
  393. Reuters
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-air-france-canada/air-france-says-flight-af-066-suffered-serious-engine-damage-idUSKCN1C50PV
  394. "A380 aircraft characteristics airport and maintenance planning"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20180711235126/https://www.airbus.com/content/dam/corporate-topics/publications/backgrounders/techdata/aircraft_characteristics/Airbus-Commercial-Aircraft-AC-A380-Dec-2016.pdf
  395. "type-certificate data sheet No. EASA.A.151 Issue 25"
    https://www.easa.europa.eu/downloads/17736/en
Image
Source: —
Tip: Wheel or +/− to zoom, drag to pan, Esc to close.